[Tweeters] Fwd: Crows fish?

[Joshua Glant]

I’ve watched the crows on Lake Washington catch three-spine sticklebacks for years, swooping down and onto the fish just as an bald eagle or osprey would; I think that their role model is quite possibly one of these two species.

Joshua Glant
Mercer Island, WA


> On Jun 5, 2021, at 9:43 AM, Elizabeth Bacher <eebacher at gmail.com> wrote:

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> The ones that have territory near Woodland Park Zoo frequently fish from the penguin pool when the keepers feed the penguins. They have definitely adapted to fishing there!

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>> On Sat, Jun 5, 2021, 7:38 AM Steven Dammer <dammerecologist1990 at gmail.com> wrote:

>> that's super cool! I wonder if it's a learned behavior from watching Caspian Terns? 

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>>> On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 3:13 PM Becky Galloway <beckyg.sea at gmail.com> wrote:

>>> We also saw crows fishing yesterday on Lake Washington near Juanita Bay -- two swooped down near the surface and flew off with something small and shiny in their beak.

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>>> -Becky Galloway

>>> Shoreline

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